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When speaking Alethi or Veden, one feature of the Unkalaki 'accent' is a tendency to use gendered pronouns (e.g. "he") in places where a non-gendered pronoun ("it") would be more appropriate{{book ref|sa2|24}}. This is due to the fact the Unkalaki Language uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender grammatical gender]. This system appears to be Masculine–feminine contrast, with most nouns leaning towards masculine.{{wob ref|8540}} |
When speaking Alethi or Veden, one feature of the Unkalaki 'accent' is a tendency to use gendered pronouns (e.g. "he") in places where a non-gendered pronoun ("it") would be more appropriate{{book ref|sa2|24}}. This is due to the fact the Unkalaki Language uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender grammatical gender]. This system appears to be Masculine–feminine contrast, with most nouns leaning towards masculine.{{wob ref|8540}} |
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− | Unkalaki is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-drop_language pro-drop language], meaning that pronouns can be dropped if the subject is known |
+ | Unkalaki is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-drop_language pro-drop language], meaning that pronouns can be dropped if the subject is known of easily inferable.{{wob ref|4584}} |
Unkalaki names show a feature of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination agglutination], combining a large amount of morphemes in order to encode significant degree of information into a word. Various basic words in their language appear to reflect this feature as well. |
Unkalaki names show a feature of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination agglutination], combining a large amount of morphemes in order to encode significant degree of information into a word. Various basic words in their language appear to reflect this feature as well. |